Dec 23, 2024 · But 1972 was also the year of two terrible massacres, Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday. Nearly 500 people died in Troubles-related violence in 1972 alone. The year before, the death toll...

Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, [1] was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, [n 1] Northern Ireland.Thirteen men were killed outright and the death of another man four months later was attributed to gunshot injuries from the incident.

Jan 22, 2022 · On Sunday, January 30th 1972, people gathered in Derry for a peaceful protest against internment without trial organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. Estimates at the...

At this point a large group of civilians sheltering behind the gable end of the Glanfada Park flats by the rubble barricade moved en masse through the south-east gap between the blocks of Glenfada Park North and into its central courtyard, heading for the south-west entrance leading to …

Aug 15, 2024 · Six men between the ages of 17 and 20 years were shot and killed at or near the rubble barricade which lay across Rossville Street, close to the main entrance to Rossville Flats. The men were: Hugh Gilmour (17); Kevin McElhinney (17); Michael Kelly (17); John Young (17); William Nash (19); and Michael McDaid (20).

Jan 30, 2022 · The trainee sewing machine mechanic was shot once in the abdomen close to the rubble barricade in Rossville Street by a soldier crouched some 80 yards away at Kells Walk. – Michael McDaid, 20

Jan 30, 2024 · At Kells Walk, the soldiers encountered men standing on a rubble barricade in the middle of the road, facing them. The soldiers claimed that these men were identified as gunmen and nail bombers...

May 24, 2018 · The Bloody Sunday, also known as the Bogside Massacre, took place on January 30, 1972, in the Bogside region of Derry, Northern Ireland. The Parachute Regiment wing of the British Army shot at unarmed civilians who held a peaceful march against internment.

Mar 14, 2019 · Hugh Gilmour at the scene of Bloody Sunday events on January 30, 1972. Pic: PA A talented footballer, Hugh was shot as he ran away from the rubble barricade in Rossville Street.

Sep 3, 2001 · George McGinley, who was 14-years-old on Bloody Sunday, told the hearing he watched troops dismount from a Saracen at the barricade where the bodies of William Nash, John Young, 17, and Michael...